A lot of us, say in fact all of us are member of face-book now a days. It's almost an addiction for some people. Even I do pip at my notification bar and wall at least once in a day. And every time you log in to facebook, you will find a hoard of postings waiting for your view, comment, like or share. And almost 50% of them are news of some kind with a picture attached. And out of all these news only around 10-20% are nearer the truth. Half of them are completely made up, others are distorted and/or exaggerated information.
Inspite of this, they spread like fire. Most of us just hit the share button without even verifying them once. And even if someone verifies and adds a comment, the comment is lost and the message forwarded unhindered.
Now there is something very deep to ponder over. With almost all news, and media being bought by politicians and capitalists, we are hard pressed to find real news with complete truth and no lies in them. And for this in recent times we are very much depending on social media. (Specially the people who spend half their day infront of their system). The biggest thing about social media is it is not bought by someone. It is you who is the reporter and most of the time common people speak the truth. Or at least by judging a few tens of post you can make out what is the truth and what is distorted/exaggerated with little bit or common sense. May be that's why the government is trying to filter social media.
But what if the people start spreading rumors and distorted news like wild fire? The result is devastating. In most cases it drives people nuts with confusing information. And people start to lose faith in this powerful media. It is damn good for the politicians and capitalists, but really bad for public.
Inspite of this, they spread like fire. Most of us just hit the share button without even verifying them once. And even if someone verifies and adds a comment, the comment is lost and the message forwarded unhindered.
Now there is something very deep to ponder over. With almost all news, and media being bought by politicians and capitalists, we are hard pressed to find real news with complete truth and no lies in them. And for this in recent times we are very much depending on social media. (Specially the people who spend half their day infront of their system). The biggest thing about social media is it is not bought by someone. It is you who is the reporter and most of the time common people speak the truth. Or at least by judging a few tens of post you can make out what is the truth and what is distorted/exaggerated with little bit or common sense. May be that's why the government is trying to filter social media.
But what if the people start spreading rumors and distorted news like wild fire? The result is devastating. In most cases it drives people nuts with confusing information. And people start to lose faith in this powerful media. It is damn good for the politicians and capitalists, but really bad for public.
